| 单词 | cockchafer |
| 例句 | The humming of the screws overhead dropped an octave and a half, back through wasp and hornet to bumble bee, to cockchafer, to stag- beetle. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z Eventually, with some more Googling, we deduced that a hanneton was a cockchafer, which was a May bug. I fell for a Frenchman, but didn’t speak the language | Lauren Collins 2016-10-02T04:00:00Z In third grade, he brought in a cockchafer beetle grub for show-and-tell, hoping to impress his classmates. Cockroaches Are His Friends 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z And none of it will stop the real culprit, which, it turns out, is the cockchafer and leatherjacket grubs, which bury their larvae under the grass. The Spin 2013-04-23T11:31:58Z Like a toy car with transparent wings whirring out of open doors, the cockchafer blundered into the first light it detected. Country diary: Wenlock Edge: A torch-bearing cockchafer in the birthplace of the modern Olympian games 2012-06-05T20:00:01Z The hero of my novel would be a cockchafer, venturing forth in his fifth year for the first time with his newly grown wings into the light, free air. Popular scientific lectures 2012-04-24T02:00:17.273Z It is said that 13,000 such olfactory organs are present on the feeler of a wasp, and 40,000 on the complex antennae of a male cockchafer. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z "Lor'!" cried Ann suddenly, "see that one!" and jumped down and darted after a cockchafer that had boomed within a yard of her face. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Two cockchafers soon quit the dance; They cannot bear the piercing glance Of their fair partners—see them set Within a private cabinet. Buzz a Buzz or The Bees 2012-02-18T03:00:15.753Z The symbolism of the cockchafer's flying torch took on an exciting new significance. Country diary: Wenlock Edge: A torch-bearing cockchafer in the birthplace of the modern Olympian games 2012-06-05T20:00:01Z A couple of black partridge rise from the grass and sail away till they look like cockchafers in the distance. The Heart of Denise and Other Tales 2011-12-14T03:00:15.733Z They eat all kinds of insects—hornets and cockchafers are favourite dishes—but the choicest morsel is a fine fat green caterpillar, caught alive. The Animal Story Book 2011-12-06T03:00:25.427Z But the reality of the evening he recalled was not the chase of cockchafers. Kipps The Story of a Simple Soul 2012-03-18T02:00:19.567Z Ladybirds, cockchafers, and others of the class allied to the scarabseus that was almost deified in Egypt, have six legs, two wings, and two wing cases—ten means of locomotion in all. Ancient Faiths And Modern A Dissertation upon Worships, Legends and Divinities 2011-11-24T03:00:37.917Z But Tiberius drew his lip and bared his teeth at them and called them pea-hens and cockchafers. Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians 2011-10-28T02:00:22.437Z In the gloaming, “Drowsy beetles wheeled their droning flight” around the trees, and noisy cockchafers went whirring up among the blossoms, and imagined they had reached the stars. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Her carriage consisted of a sweet-pea blossom, drawn by two spirited cockchafers. The Cricket's Friends Tales Told by the Cricket, Teapot, and Saucepan 2011-08-23T02:00:33.033Z Sometimes he seems entirely Canadian; at other moments the complete Scot with every R burring like a cockchafer on a window-pane. The Disturbing Charm 2011-06-17T02:00:21.077Z The attraction which prevents the moon from running away may be likened to a string tied to the claws of a cockchafer. In Search of a Son 2011-05-24T02:00:13.087Z But the Poet was not happy, for moths came by the score to the light of his taper; not moths only, but cockchafers and dragon-flies with their wings rainbow-tinted. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z They will also take grasshoppers, blue bottles, cadbait, and cockchafers; and with red or yellow flies, and black and brown palmers in the ordinary way of fishing for trout. Blacker's Art of Fly Making, &c. Comprising Angling, & Dyeing of Colours, with Engravings of Salmon & Trout Flies 2011-04-04T02:00:10.823Z She then cracked her whip, hoisted a tiny umbrella, which served the purpose of a sail as she rose in the air, and the cockchafers spread their wings. The Cricket's Friends Tales Told by the Cricket, Teapot, and Saucepan 2011-08-23T02:00:33.033Z Again, it is nothing unusual for domestic cats to catch and eat cockroaches, crickets, cockchafers, also large and small moths, but not so all. Our Cats and All About Them Their Varieties, Habits, and Management; and for Show, the Standard of Excellence and Beauty; Described and Pictured 2011-03-03T03:00:48.597Z Mrs. Pope said they would all accompany their guests to the gate at the end of the avenue—in spite of the cockchafers. Marriage 2011-02-22T03:00:06.867Z Then, oh, little children of the night, there was a swift whirr of wings, for the moths and the cockchafers and the dragon-flies innumerable swiftly departed upon the Fire Quest. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z "When that's the case why cockchafers will play the cornet-�-piston." The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 5 of 6 It is just as if you were to hold the pin on which a living cockchafer is impaled in a candle, and make it red-hot.' Barbarossa and Other Tales The sun has already set, the street is cheerful and merry, the cockchafers whizz and, flying, hit him on the nose, the ear, the forehead. Yiddish Tales The cockchafers and their near allies belong to the subfamily Melolonthinae, and the rose-chafers to the Cetoniinae; in both the beetles eat leaves, and their grubs spend a long life underground devouring roots. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" Moths and cockchafers and dragon-flies innumerable flew to the lotus on the lake. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z His hat stuck to that cage of cockchafers he called his head, as though it had been nailed there. The Memoirs of Count Carlo Gozzi Volume the Second Puck rustled and rose from the fern, just as a big blundering cockchafer flew smack against Una’s cheek. Rewards and Fairies I say, Vivien, you silly cockchafer, why don't you buck up? The Head Girl at the Gables They stared at her, and then the young lady cockchafers turned up their feelers and said, "She has only two legs! how ugly that looks." Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series The moths and the cockchafers and the dragon-flies fluttered about the taper and paid him no heed. Japanese Fairy Tales 2011-04-15T02:00:14.617Z Man, doubtless, has a right to ask, "Why has the Creator brought forth these myriads of caterpillars and cockchafers that devastate my fruit-trees?" The Tower of Dago But here I was stopped; the flaps of my coat having been caught in the heavy gate, I could neither turn nor extricate myself, but remained hanging by my wings like a cockchafer. Hungarian Sketches in Peace and War Constable's Miscellany of Foreign Literature, vol. 1 What, my little gold cockchafer! don't you know then that goats have divided hoofs? Pretty Michal Oh, how frightened Thumbelina felt when the cockchafer flew with her to the tree! Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series The root-feeding larvae of the cockchafer and allied members of the Scarabaeidae have a ridged area on the mandible, which is scraped by teeth on the maxillae, apparently forming a stridulating organ. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 6 "Cockaigne" to "Columbus, Christopher" It is as if a spider would catch a cockchafer in its web. Timar's Two Worlds It is an insect which I have never seen in England; a species of beetle, much smaller, but not unlike the cockchafer we are familiar with. Records of Later Life Finally a cockchafer also which flew in offered her for her bridal crown “a pair of lovely crickets.” Sleep Walking and Moon Walking A Medico-Literary Study The gnats danced round them, and the cockchafers cried "Buzz, buzz." Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series Like White of Selborne, with his sparrows and cockchafers, Boswell, too, has copied some true sentences from the inspired book of nature. James Boswell Famous Scots Series The seal cries in the reeds like the voice of a weeping child, and the cockchafer buzzes on the white wall of the hut. Timar's Two Worlds These grubs are 29 mischievous indeed,––after remaining for some time in the grub state, they change into cockchafers, and even then they are by no means agreeable visitors. What the Blackbird said A story in four chirps By night and by day the air seemed filled with insects, in countless swarms,—large and small moths, cockchafers, glow-flies, cockroaches, winged ants, may-flies, flying earwigs, beetles, and “daddy longlegs.” The Plant Hunters Adventures Among the Himalaya Mountains "Oh, she is ugly," said all the lady cockchafers. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series Before the queen had recovered from her surprise, cockchafers, redbreasts, mouse and children had all flown, singing, to the window, and disappeared from view. The Olive Fairy Book May evenings, the scent of the lilac, the hum of the cockchafers, the warm, still air—how new and extraordinary it all is, though spring comes every year! The House with the Mezzanine and Other Stories Butterflies, cockchafers, dragon-flies, everything that could fly came to pay a visit. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Then, towards evening, it may be seen taking its short and wonderfully rapid flights, and you may hear its bills snap together as it catches the moths and cockchafers on which it feeds. Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter The cockchafer who had run away with her believed all the others when they said she was ugly. Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales First Series The red cups that grew in the moss held as much dew as she wanted, and the cockchafer had taught her how to get honey. The Olive Fairy Book During the course of the next few minutes no less than six separate and distinct caterpillars, besides a small black beetle or cockchafer of a most repellent aspect, fell down my back. Fibble, D.D. After a time, all the cockchafers turned up their feelers, and said, "She has only two legs! how ugly that looks." Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Grown older, she would take cockchafers and beetles, and spit them on pins. What the Moon Saw: and Other Tales So saying, he cut a double shuffle with the grace and lightness of a big cockchafer trying its wings. Tartarin On The Alps Unluckily, a great cockchafer, who was buzzing over the river, happened to catch sight of her, and caught her up in his claws. The Olive Fairy Book “Because,” rejoined the cockchafer, “you and we are old acquaintances, for we spend two or three months in your gardens every year.” Bo-Peep Story Books "Oh! she is ugly," said all the lady cockchafers, although Tiny was very pretty. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen “Why, do you know, sir, if I’d been in arnest with you, that you would have been spitted like a cockchafer on a pin before you got your blade round to cut?” The Young Castellan A Tale of the English Civil War And at that moment a flight of cockchafers seemed to sweep down the road. Mufti But Maia wasn’t so fortunate, and though the cockchafer collected honey from the flowers for her dinner, and told her several times how pretty she was, she could not feel at ease with him. The Olive Fairy Book “Please your majesty,” replied the cockchafer, “his kingdom is thirty thousand miles from hence, and you have taken the longest road to reach it.” Bo-Peep Story Books He seated himself by her side on a large green leaf, gave her some honey from the flowers to eat, and told her she was very pretty, though not in the least like a cockchafer. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen "Into this shell hole for a moment," whispered Bill imperatively, as a machine gun let drive with a few rounds which passed over them like a flight of cockchafers. No Man's Land Caterpillars, cockchafers, woodlice, which in one year may multiply with great abundance, will appear but sparsely in the next. Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin I wish her skipper was boxed up safe along with young cockchafer yonder.” In the King's Name The Cruise of the "Kestrel" Whether the cockchafers obeyed his Lordship’s orders, is not handed down to posterity. Olla Podrida Presently a large cockchafer flew by; the moment he caught sight of her, he seized her round her delicate waist with his claws, and flew with her into a tree. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen A sparrow's nest in the city of Paris was found to contain seven hundred pairs of the upper wings of cockchafers. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 5, No. 5, May, 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy At his heels were seven lords, armed cap-�-pie, but the entrance of eight cockchafers had meant as much to these transfigured two. Chivalry They were troubled also, once or twice, by cockchafers and locusts, which annoyed them, not indeed by biting, but by flying blindly against their faces, and often narrowly missed hitting them in the eyes. The Dog Crusoe and his Master However, as I wriggled about helplessly in their grasp, I must own that I was very like an unhappy cockchafer stuck through with a pin by a cruel schoolboy, without the remotest chance of escaping. Salt Water The Sea Life and Adventures of Neil D'Arcy the Midshipman Oh, how frightened little Tiny felt when the cockchafer flew with her to the tree! Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen Its escape was as hopeless as a poor cockchafer pinned by a cruel boy to a board. Hendricks the Hunter The Border Farm, a Tale of Zululand May no brawling mob pelt you, or your friends, when throned, nor hoot down your plays when your soul's pinned like a cockchafer on public opinion! The Works of Christopher Marlowe, Vol. 3 (of 3) The sun went down behind Monte Venda, the bats came flickering out, the great droning cockchafers dropped on the road like splashes of rain. Little Novels of Italy "They turned into cockchafer beetles, as a matter of fact," said Ulyth drily. For the Sake of the School When older, she would take cockchafers and beetles, and stick pins through them. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen His time done, he wandered again around Paris, watched afar by the police, after the fashion of cockchafers, made by cruel children to fly at the end of a string. Ten Tales These pits are so tiny that they cannot be shown on the antennal leaves of the cockchafer shown in fig. Chatterbox, 1905. Beyond, in the sun, butterflies flitted among the flowers, cockchafers heavily droned and blundered, a white peacock strutted, and at the water's edge two long-legged, wry-necked flamingoes stood motionless, like sentinels. The Lady Paramount Still the cockchafer kept on humming, and the lark soared higher in its rapturous song. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Neither the cockchafer, nor the toad, nor the earth-worm, whom they questioned about it, would give them the least information; for none of their relations had ever been cooked or served on a silver dish. Fairy Tales of Hans Christian Andersen But something like a cockchafer flew past his face. At the Back of the North Wind I had just built a closet at the end of my garden; I heard a mole arguing with a cockchafer. Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary Notwithstanding this little difficulty, however, the Noctule is pretty rapid in disposing even of his most recusant prey, as he has been known to consume as many as thirteen cockchafers one after another. A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV. A cockchafer hummed merrily at Anton's ear, and, high in air, the lark was chanting his evening lay. Debit and Credit Translated from the German of Gustav Freytag Some other ants once found a cockchafer's wing, which they thought would be a capital thing to dry for winter, and they endeavored to get it into the entrance of their hill. Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy His mental operations, indeed, were at first as inconceivable to me as a crab's or a cockchafer's. Certain Personal Matters "It was a cockchafer bubbling over with genius who is the architect of this building." Voltaire's Philosophical Dictionary A cockchafer whirred past her and buried itself in a tuft of grass hard by. The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories He could thrill in sympathy with her excitement of the chase, when she went fluttering up into the thin pallor of the upper air, following inexorably the desperate circlings of some high-flying cockchafer. Children of the Wild And again there was the day when Claude had hit upon the sublime idea of roasting some cockchafers in his desk to see whether they were good to eat, as people said they were. His Masterpiece Did you ever see an orthodox doctor produce a cockchafer like that? Tell England A Study in a Generation Though the cockchafers are a temptation, I will stop here. My Friend Prospero Albine clapped her hands, and said that he looked like a cockchafer fastened by a string. Abbe Mouret's Transgression Sweet too the sight of cockchafer; and sweet'll Welcome the pilgrim, doomed too long to roam, England's tried sentinel, the black, black beetle With his "Home, sweet Home!" Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 101, October 24, 1891 Presently the brown cockchafers will come almost like an army of locusts, as suddenly appearing without a sign. The Amateur Poacher At last, when a cockchafer flew in at the open window and began buzzing over his bed, he could bear it no longer and gave a violent tug at the bellrope. Love Great cockchafers crawled about over the packages, and occasionally a rat would scamper over the barrels, such a rat as is only to be found in ships which hail from the tropics. The Firm of Girdlestone Here one may slumber at ease, fanned by the wings of cockchafers and soothed by an unseen choir of frogs. The First Hundred Thousand At the burning of bewitched butter they often appear as cockchafers and can be killed with impunity. Balder the Beautiful, Volume I. A Study in Magic and Religion: the Golden Bough, Part VII., The Fire-Festivals of Europe and the Doctrine of the External Soul It was the big cockchafers we had for a year or so that decided her. The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth I saw a great quantity of cockchafers and black beetles crawl from under the mattress and along the sides of the bed. Without Dogma The nightingales burst into song, a cockchafer knocked against him and crept up the back of his neck. Father Sergius The moss was dry and the plants green, while the grass seemed all alive with the hum of bees and cockchafers. The Violet Fairy Book He asked the most distinguished-looking cockchafer they met if he knew where they could find the King of the Peacocks. The Red Fairy Book A cockchafer came droning over the hedge and past us. The War of the Worlds A creature like a great humble-bee or cockchafer flew past his face; but it could be neither, for there were no insects amongst the ice. At the Back of the North Wind The cockchafers flew clumsily about, falling to the ground when they collided with anything. Father Sergius Then there were the moths—tiger moths, yellow moths, and horrid cockchafers. The Voyage Out They had never before seen such a number of cockchafers, and the buzzing was so loud that the King was afraid he should be deafened by it. The Red Fairy Book When you see the rows o' little children's graves, you pats yourself on the belly and says you: This has been a good year; the little brats have fallen like cockchafers off the trees. The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I Some thoughts come across me;—for instance—to a rat, to a toad, to a cockchafer, to a mole—People bake moles alive by a slow oven-fire to cure consumption. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 5 The Letters of Charles and Mary Lamb, 1796-1820 Nature—the nightingales and the cockchafers—is that bar. Father Sergius I could not go quite so far as to admit the cockchafer's physiognomy in our judgment of characters. Tales and Novels — Volume 09 Having passed the first rapids easily, we talked, and the conversation turned upon—cockchafers! Two Summers in Guyenne Then he would lie still, flat on his black, like a cockchafer, with his thin arms pinned to the ground by Antoinette's strong little hands: and he would look piteous and resigned. Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House They sewed me lately live cockchafers into my pillow, and they crawled and scrambled about till I did not know what the deuce it could be! O. T. a Danish Romance Already the cockchafers had ceased to fly, and people were grown more and more difficult to understand, for all that the sun shone on them day and night. Pan Some thoughts come across me: for instance, to a rat, to a toad, to a cockchafer, to a mole,—people bake moles alive by a slow oven-fire to cure consumption. The Best Letters of Charles Lamb One of them had climbed up a tree, the foliage of which had attracted a multitude of cockchafers, and he was shaking down the insects for the others to collect. Two Summers in Guyenne For the rest, do not trust to appearances, nor imagine that the blood of our friend the cockchafer in reality remains motionless around the air-tubes, idly drinking in the oxygen which is brought to it. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals Just as they were in the very middle of it, a big cockchafer flew into Valiant Vicky's face. Tales of the Punjab Do you know why we hear a buzzing, as the gnat, the bee, or the cockchafer fly past? The Fairy-Land of Science I took the hint, and only talked to him about the damage done by cockchafers, and the difficulty of getting hard enough stone for the macadam roads, thenceforward. Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville But it was not this that made the teller of the story stop and gaze with astonishment; it was the use to which the cockchafers were put. Two Summers in Guyenne We have only to examine what becomes of the chyle of the cockchafer after it has been prepared in the pretty little tube so finely wrought. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals I still remember a certain pine cockchafer met for the first time. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography The Signora spitted him, as a boy does a cockchafer on a cork, that she might enjoy the energetic agony of his gyrations. Barchester Towers "What do you mean?" asked Dan, looking as if he found Demi almost as amusing as a new sort of cockchafer or beetle. Little Men In this I thought his stomach somewhat inconsistent, for I knew of a little weakness that he had for raw snails, which, to my mind, are scarcely less revolting as food than live cockchafers. Two Summers in Guyenne But the cockchafer, who has no other vessels than his air-pipes, and the dorsal tube, which has no communication with the intestines, what is he to do? The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals I do the same with the desiccated corpses of the cockchafer, the Capricorn, or Cerambyx beetle, and the Cetonia, or rosechafer. The Life of the fly; with which are interspersed some chapters of autobiography "Now's our last chance," said The Cat, wheeling like a cockchafer on a pin. The Day's Work - Volume 1 He can't escape from us any more than the cockchafer can from the string that a child has fastened to it. Caught in the Net The signora spitted him, as a boy does a cockchafer on a cork, that she might enjoy the energetic agony of his gyrations. Barchester Towers These are two bits of extremely hard horn, placed one on each side of the animal, which are called "mandibles" and which serve the cockchafer to cut up the leaves which he eats. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals "Yes," replied the two copying-clerks and the engrosser, whose pens forthwith began to creak over the stamped paper, making as much noise in the office as a hundred cockchafers imprisoned by schoolboys in paper cages. Colonel Chabert English rockets from all the headlands, and those cursed Chouan cockchafers in the air! The Chouans Masses of starlings flitting through the air and hopping about the walks were noisily chattering as they hunted for cockchafers. The Wife, and other stories There you sit rustling my dress like a cockchafer in a paper-bag, and making me laugh with contempt. Scenes from a Courtesan's Life The cockchafer now shows us how to eat sideways; but this is merely an accessory detail. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals The borer is the despair of the land-owner; he works underground; no Sicilian vespers for him until he becomes a cockchafer! Sons of the Soil “Then,” says he, “receive them behind your breastwork on the bayonet, and at least let every man of you pin one of the cursed cockchafers through the body.” Perils of Certain English Prisoners You would then attack your tarts with the weapons of the cockchafer! The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals The cockchafer has no need to swallow anything. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals Guess, however, if you can, where you will have to look for the counterpart to the circulation of the cockchafer. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals We are speaking of the cockchafer, which feeds on the leaves of trees; and it is for this reason I name some inches as the length of the digestive tube. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals The intestine of the cockchafer floats, did I not say? in the lake of blood which fills the whole cavity of the body. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals The idea came into my head a long while ago, and the cockchafer has just reminded me of it. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals We have spoken of the rapid course of the blood in birds during flight: who shall calculate its comparative rate in this fabulously wonderful locomotive, the cockchafer? The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals I told you that the cockchafer had no heart under his cuirass, but I spoke too hastily. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals Let us take one of those you are most familiar with—the cockchafer, for instance— and examine what goes on in his inside. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals Such is exactly the appearance of the liver in the cockchafer. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals The cockchafer, it is true, is much further removed from being a fellow-creature of ours than even the horse; but the principle of life is the same with him as with us. The History of a Mouthful of Bread And its effect on the organization of men and animals |
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